Traveler IQ Brain Teaser

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 16, 2007 |

Just came across this very stim­u­lat­ing and fun Trav­el­er IQ inter­ac­tive game…enjoy! Link: Trav­el­er IQ Chal­lenge Note: at the bot­tom of the page you can select a vari­ety of chal­lenges (flags of the world, UNESCO sites, North Amer­i­ca…) My favourite: Pho­tos of the World.

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Your Haiku, please?

By Alvaro Fernandez | November 21, 2007 |

In our Top 50 Brain Teasers post, we con­clud­ed with the chal­lenge: #50. Can you write a haiku describ­ing your expe­ri­ence doing some of the pre­vi­ous teasers? The sim­ple rules: write 3 lines, which don’t need to rhyme, con­tain­ing 5,7, and 5 syl­la­bles. You can leave your haiku as a com­ment for extra points… There…

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Brain Training and SharpBrains in the news

By Alvaro Fernandez | February 21, 2007 |

Sev­er­al recent sto­ries on brain train­ing and Sharp­Brains: 1) New brain games may improve mind fit­ness by Kevin Koster­man (U of Wis­con­sin Oshkosh’s Advance-Titan) “Any­time we learn, we are train­ing, chang­ing, our brain,” Fer­nan­dez said. “The three key core ele­ments for effec­tive brain exer­cise are nov­el­ty, vari­ety and con­stant chal­lenge, sim­i­lar to increas­ing the level…

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